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Man charged with second-degree murder in elderly man's death outside Samaritan House

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<p>Jonathan Diaz-Jimenez is accused of killing Anthony Lanford, 66, outside the Samaritan House shelter on Nov. 18. According to an affidavit for his arrest, Lanford denied Diaz-Jimenez money when he asked, after which Diaz-Jimenez allegedly punched and choked the man repeatedly.</p>

DENVER – Prosecutors have formally charged a 27-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of another man
outside a Denver homeless shelter earlier this month.

Jonathan Diaz-Jimenez is accused of killing Anthony Lanford, 66, outside the Samaritan House shelter on Nov. 18. According to an affidavit for his arrest, Lanford denied Diaz-Jimenez money when he asked, after which Diaz-Jimenez allegedly punched and choked the man repeatedly.

After bystanders broke up the fight, Lanford collapsed and died, police wrote in the affidavit.